A billboard at 1545 Newport Blvd. paid for by Backyard Skeptics features a quote purported to be from Thomas Jefferson against Christianity. Experts at the the Jefferson Library Collection at Monticello say the quotation is spurious.
On a page about spurious quotes attributed to Thomas Jefferson, the Jefferson Library writes: "We are asked about this one on a fairly regular basis. As with many spurious Jefferson quotes, it is frequently seen on various Internet sites. Many sites do not cite a source, but a good number of those that do attribute this quote to a letter from TJ to a 'Dr. Wood.'
"As far as we know, TJ never wrote to an individual calling him/herself Dr. Wood. Another suspicious element is the statement that he does not find in Christianity 'one redeeming feature.' One presumes that Jefferson did, in fact, find some redeeming features in Christianity, otherwise he would not have taken the time to paste together his own versions of the Bible."
How funny. You can write scripture about a guy who might have lived over 40 years ago, and attribute precise quotes and utterly ridiculous stories involving magic and extreme wish thinking to him, and they will be honored through eternity as gospel. But an atheist quote gets extreme scrutiny.
Now that is being caught with your underwear down!
How funny. You can write scripture about a guy who might have lived over 40 years ago, and attribute precise quotes and utterly ridiculous stories involving magic and extreme wish thinking to him, and they will be honored through eternity as gospel. But an atheist quote gets extreme scrutiny.
The atheists were slackers who didn't do their research. No amount of deflection will change that.
What does that make the authors of the NT then?!
Well, in my opinion, it makes you an idiot.
Thanks for your uninvited and nonsensical input, Bruce. Par for the course!
Meh. Atheists don't need to advertise on billboards anyway. Just be one all on your own and fuck what anyone else thinks about any kind of religion.